{"id":705750,"date":"2026-04-05T04:28:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T04:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/705750\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T04:28:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T04:28:30","slug":"5-year-old-hiker-with-head-injury-rescued-from-phoenix-mountain-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/705750\/","title":{"rendered":"5-year-old hiker with head injury rescued from Phoenix mountain trail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\"><b>PHOENIX (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 A young girl is hospitalized after she fell and hit her head while hiking a Phoenix mountain trail late Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Around 10:45 a.m., Phoenix Fire Dept. technical rescue teams were called to the <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/kHUPyghmvYMSksm47\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/kHUPyghmvYMSksm47\">40th Street Trailhead<\/a> at the Phoenix Mountain Preserve for reports of an injured hiker. Crews soon found a woman and her 5-year-old daughter about 100 yards from the base of the mountain.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Phoenix firefighters rescued a young girl who hit her head while hiking along a mountain trail...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/UMVXO4BMWZF7VBT5H63UW5WZ2M.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>Phoenix firefighters rescued a young girl who hit her head while hiking along a mountain trail late Friday morning.(Phoenix Fire Dept.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">She told rescuers that the girl slipped and hit her head while they were hiking. Fire officials say the child was awake and \u201canswering all questions appropriately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Firefighters brought the girl to the base of the mountain using a \u201cBig Wheel\u201d operation, which consists of a stretcher mounted to a single all-terrain wheel. She was then transferred to a waiting ambulance and taken to the hospital in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/page\/send-us-your-feedback\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Please click here to report it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? Send <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/community\/user-content\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">it to us here<\/a> with a brief description.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KTVK\/KPHO. 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